Whoosh!
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Ten streaks of light swiftly streaked across the horizon in the lush forest as ear-piercing sounds of wind breaking resounded.
Those ten figures were naturally Mu Chen and the rest that had left the Spiritual Treasure Mountain. Because they had obtained some information about the ruins of the Divine Wood Palace from the white-haired old man, it saved Mu Chen the time of randomly searching around. Thus, he brought everyone towards the location of the treasures.
For example, the place that they were heading to was the Hidden Spiritual Courtyard.
The importance of the Hidden Spiritual Courtyard in the Divine Wood Palace was even greater than the Spiritual Treasure Mountain. That's because the Hidden Spiritual Courtyard contained a large amount of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid left behind by the Divine Wood Palace. Speaking of which, it could be considered as the most attractive collection of a huge force.
Sovereign Spiritual Liquid was a bizarre item. Even in the vast Great Thousand World, it was still one of the standards to measure the strength of a force.
Sovereign Spiritual Liquid was something that only Sovereign experts could refine. A First Grade Sovereign expert had to spend a month of bitter cultivation to refine a drop of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid. Thus, one could see how precious the Sovereign Spiritual Liquid was.
When a person's strength had passed through the Three Sovereign Disasters, the Sovereign Spiritual Liquid would start to play an important role. That's because a large amount of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid was required to make a breakthrough into the Sovereign Realm. Only the pure and massive energy of the Sovereign Spiritual Liquid could allow a person to undergo a complete transformation and step into the Sovereign Realm.
This realm was a realm that possessed earth-shattering changes in the path of cultivation.
Only by stepping into the Sovereign Realm could one be qualified to train and roam around in the Great Thousand World. Only those at that level could be known as experts and be revered by others!
Therefore, countless people had the goal of reaching the Sovereign Realm in their lifetime. But who knows how many geniuses had stopped before that realm, unable to reach it in their entire lives. That's because not only did it require talent, it also required a massive amount of resources. A large portion of those resources was Sovereign Spiritual Liquids.
It was impossible for an ordinary force to nurture a true Sovereign expert. Only those powerful forces could nurture a Sovereign expert and dominate the Great Thousand World.
In the Great Thousand World, there wasn't a lack of Sovereign experts that would submit themselves to some powerful forces in order to obtain Sovereign Spiritual Liquid, becoming a Deacon or an Elder. They would use their own strength to exchange for status and Sovereign Spiritual Liquid, an essential resource for cultivation.
Furthermore, the symbol of a Sovereign expert, the Sovereign Celestial Body, also required a large amount of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid. The more powerful the Sovereign Celestial Body, the more Sovereign Spiritual Liquid it required. It was said that amongst the 99 Rankings of Sovereign Celestial Bodies, just the last ranked Sovereign Celestial Body would require at least a few thousand drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid to refine.
If a First Grade Sovereign were to refine thousands of drops of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid, it would probably take him nearly ten years to refine that amount of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid.
Therefore, the Sovereign Spiritual Liquid was as important to Sovereign Realm experts as money was to ordinary people.
It was precisely because of this that when Mu Chen knew that the Sovereign Spiritual Liquid left behind by the Divine Wood Palace was stored in the Hidden Spiritual Courtyard, he rushed over without the slightest hesitation. As of now, he had already entered his Human Body Disaster and was getting closer and closer to the Sovereign Realm. However, he did not have a single drop of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid. After all, he did not have any powerful sects or clans supporting him. Although his mother seemed to be extremely powerful and the place she came from was even more terrifying, the current Mu Chen could not obtain any help from that place. It was so much so that if he was discovered by the people from that mysterious place, he guessed that his outcome would not be any better. Otherwise, his mother would not have left him when he was still young.
Mu Chen's figure turned into a streak of light as he streaked across the horizon. Looking into the distance, he deeply inhaled a mouthful of air as he slowly clenched his fist. Without a powerful background, he could only rely on himself.
Behind him, Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan closely followed. Wen Qingxuan had displayed a greater interest in the Sovereign Spiritual Liquid compared to the Spiritual Treasure Mountain. Clearly, she was clear about the importance of the Sovereign Spiritual Liquid to them. Therefore, she did not have any objections towards Mu Chen leading the way. On the contrary, she was constantly urging the others to increase their speed, in case they were late and would not be able to obtain a single drop of Sovereign Spiritual Liquid.
The group increased their speed as they streaked across the horizon.
Along the way, they saw many spiritual lights appearing in many places. Clearly, someone had discovered some treasures and started to fight over them. However, Mu Chen and his group did not even cast a glance at them as they maintained their speed and headed towards the Hidden Spiritual Courtyard.
Compared to the Sovereign Spiritual Liquid, those things clearly did not have much attraction.
Under the full speed of Mu Chen and his group, roughly twenty minutes later, their speed gradually slowed down. Mu Chen's figure moved as he descended from a mountain peak and looked up ahead. Up ahead, there was a patch of lush spike trees. Those trees were pitch-black and filled with sharp spikes that gave off a chilling feeling. Furthermore, there was a faint purple light flickering on those spikes. Clearly, they were poisonous.
Mu Chen's gaze passed through those spike trees that were a few dozen feet in height and looked towards the depths. Vaguely, he could see some traces of ancient palaces. However, those ancient palaces were surrounded by dense spike trees with spikes extending out like a hedgehog.
"The Hidden Spiritual Courtyard should be in the depths of this spike forest." Mu Chen pointed towards the depths of the spike forest as he spoke.
"Then, let us hurry up."
Xu Huang and the rest were also eager to give it a try as they intended to fly over the spike forest.
"Wait."
However, Mu Chen waved his hand to stop them as he frowned his brows. "There seems to be something wrong with this place."
He could faintly sense that there seemed to be an extremely unique fluctuation being emitted from within this vast forest of thorns. This fluctuation was a little familiar to him.
Mu Chen frowned as he pondered. Suddenly, he clenched his fist and a longsword Spiritual Artifact appeared in his hand. Pouring Spiritual Energy into it, he flicked his finger and the longsword made of Spiritual Energy flew towards the sky above the spike forest.
Whoosh.
Just when the longsword Spiritual Artifact charged into the sky, Mu Chen and the rest instantly noticed that the Spiritual Energy on the longsword had instantly disappeared. Thereafter, the longsword seemed to have lost the support of Spiritual Energy as it descended from the sky and fell into the forest of thorns. In the end, it was actually pierced through by the dense thorns.
"Hiss."
Xu Huang and the rest sucked in a mouthful of cold air. Those spikes were truly too sharp. Although the longsword was only a Low Rank Spiritual Artifact, it wasn't tofu. Furthermore, why would the Spiritual Energy on the Spiritual Artifact suddenly disappear?
"What's going on?" Wen Qingxuan's brows were also slightly knitted together.
Mu Chen frowned his brows as he looked not far away. There was also a group that was currently looking in this direction. With a wave of his sleeve, a Spiritual Energy force swept out and forcefully captured one of the people from that group.
"What's going on here?" Looking at the youth that was captured, Mu Chen inquired.
Seeing that Mu Chen had easily captured him, the youth immediately raised his hand and replied, "We don't have any ill intentions. We're just here to take a look. Furthermore, you can't casually enter this region. The moment you enter, the Spiritual Energy in your body will disappear."
Releasing him, Mu Chen slightly narrowed his eyes and said in a soft voice, "So that's the case. There should be a Sealing Spiritual Array set up in this region."
No wonder he felt that those fluctuations were somewhat familiar. It turned out to be a Spiritual Array.
"Sealing Spiritual Array?"
Luo Li was a little surprised as he said, "The grade of this Spiritual Array isn't low. Looks like it should be left behind by the Divine Wood Palace."
Mu Chen nodded his head. A Sealing Spiritual Array of such a scale would probably require the cooperation of several Spiritual Array Grandmasters. Those that participated in the Great Spiritual Academy Tournament definitely didn't have the ability to set it up.
"Looks like we can't fly. Otherwise, once our Spiritual Energy disappears, we'll fall down and might end up like that Spiritual Artifact from before," said Mu Chen.
"But if that's the case, we won't be able to use Spiritual Energy when we enter."
Wen Qingxuan frowned. The strength that they were so proud of was their vigorous spiritual energy. Once she lost this advantage, her strength would be reduced by 70 to 80 percent.
Mu Chen nodded his head. Shortly after, he became slightly absent-minded. If that's the case, this region was somewhat similar to the Spiritual Road. However, the Spiritual Road was clearly much more dangerous than this place.
"Uh, I advise you not to go in," the young man from before suddenly said.
"Why?"
"This area has already been occupied by the people from the Academy Alliance. They have the advantage in numbers, so you won't be able to defeat them."
The young man stole a glance at the dazzling Wen Qingxuan and Luo Li, and said, "Perhaps they wouldn't dare to provoke you outside, but once we're inside, it's hard to say.
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"A few batches of people came earlier, but they were all defeated by the people from the Academy Alliance. They seemed to have come prepared and chose many people who cultivated their physical bodies. That way, even if their spiritual power disappeared, they would still be very strong."
Mu Chen's brows were also tightly knitted together. Those fellows from the Academy Alliance?
The faces of Xu Huang and the rest were also a little ugly. They weren't considered to have cultivated their physical bodies. Once their spiritual power disappeared, they would probably be in a difficult situation when their opponents outnumbered them by a fold.
This damned place was really troublesome.
Luo Li also looked at Mu Chen. In this situation, their advantage of having a powerful formation was greatly reduced. If they were to enter rashly, they might just fall into the trap of the Academy Alliance.
Mu Chen looked at the pitch-black thorn forest and went silent for a while. Shortly after, he slowly said, "You guys stay outside, I'll go in alone."
(To be continued)